Monthly Gaming Recap: February 2016

by byte clay

Month two into 2016 proved to be a bit more productive than January. There were a ton of game releases and even some huge news that broke. The biggest and equally most disappointing story was GameTrailers closing down. It was a sad day for the industry, but let’s keep a positive outlook. Death brings life after all, or something like that. Anyway, let’s take a look at the rest of February’s big stories.

February 2016 News

Bethesda has confirmed they will hold another E3 press conference this year

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens was announced for all major platforms, due out this summer

7th Dragon III Code: VFD is going to be localized for the 3DS this summer making it the first in the series to reach the U.S.

Former Media Molecule and Insomniac developers launched a Kickstarter for a RPG in the vein of EarthBound called Knights and Bikes

Nintendo opened enrollment for their new rewards service along with their first app, Miitomo

Dust 514 will be shutting down servers on May 30

The Mac and Linux versions of Arkham Knight have been officially canceled

Unsung Story, a Kickstarter that’s been in and out of trouble, has been put on an indefinite hiatus

GameTrailers shut down after thirteen years of operation on February 8

Amazon released its own game engine, Lumberyard, for free

MGSV will get an update in March for its online mode, allowing users to play as Quiet

Quantum Break will now get a simultaneous PC release alongside the Xbox One version in April

A new Destiny expansion is still set for this year, with a proper sequel, tentatively titled Destiny 2, delayed until 2017

The next big Assassin’s Creed game has officially been delayed into 2017 as well

NIS America announced they will be localizing the following this year: Psycho-Pass Mandatory Happiness, Touhou Genso Ronso, and Yomawari Night Alone

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 was revealed for the 3DS

Risk of Rain is getting ported to the PS4 and PS Vita sometime this year

A Fig Campaign launched for a Jay and Silent Bob video game, Chronic Blunt Punch, for PS4 and Xbox One

The March Games for Gold were announced: Sherlock Holmes Crimes and Punishment, Lords of the Fallen, Supreme Commander 2, and Borderlands

The March PS+ free games were revealed: Broforce, Galak-Z, The Last Guy, Super Stardust HD, Flame Over, and Reality Fighters

Capcom is releasing Resident Evil 4, 5, and 6 this year for PS4 and Xbox One starting on March 29 with Resident Evil 6

Nintendo announced Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon for the 3DS, due out this Holiday season

Release Date Announcements

Trillion: God of Destruction 3/29 (Vita)

Dungeons 2 4/26 (PS4)

SEGA 3D Classics Collection 4/26 (3DS)

Doom 5/13 (PC/PS4/XONE)

Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune & the Dice of Fate 7/26 (Vita)